Natalie Carbone Mangini to appear on PCN Profiles, August 29, 2021

Natalie Carbone Mangini, retired scientist and restaurateur, is scheduled to appear as a featured guest on Pennsylvania Cable Network’s PCN Profiles. The PCN Profiles series has highlighted the achievements of notable Pennsylvanians for the past twenty-five years through candid and personal interviews.

The episode airing on Sunday, August 29 at 9:00 pm is devoted to Mangini’s story. Growing up in the bucolic village of Crabtree, just outside of Pittsburgh, she spent much of her childhood and adult life working in Carbone’s, the restaurant opened by her parents in 1938 and operated by her family until 2018.

The love of learning and experimentation that she cultivated by helping in the restaurant’s kitchen led her to earn a BA in chemistry from Seton Hill University, to study at what is now Carnegie Mellon University, and to accept a position at Westinghouse.  She eventually became the first woman to hold the title of Scientist at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and worked on nuclear procedures for the USS Nautilus, the world’s first atomic powered submarine. In addition, she helped to develop safety procedures for the nuclear reactor at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the first commercial application of nuclear power. 

Throughout the episode, she charismatically shares anecdotes of these memories, offering a unique perspective and reflections on her experiences as a business owner, wife, mother, and as one of the first women to work as a nuclear scientist.

In the words of PCN, “Truly, this is one [story] you will want to hear.” Tune in to PCN, available on cable television, at 9:00 pm on Sunday, August 29.